这篇短文提供的数字颇难得！美国的精英阶层个个个地腰缠万贯呵。国人较为熟悉的两个女强人，南希.佩洛西排名第12，希拉里.克林顿第23。上次竞选总统的约翰.克里排名第三，真TMD有钱！这25位身家均为千万美元以上的富豪。

Net Worth of the 25 Richest People in Congress and the White House

By: Chris_Kitze

To paraphrase author Jim Hightower, our political system doesn't need a third party. It needs a SECOND party.

Every time you encounter someone bashing Conservatives or Liberals, think back on this chart (which is only the tip of the iceberg). Our members of Congress all belong to the same party: the party of the rich and elite

I believe it was Emma Goldman who said, "Voting is the opium of the masses." Pitting us regular folk against each other over petty ideologies is how the elite in Congress perpetuate the illusion that we have real choice between the Democrats and the Republicans. It was true in Emma Goldman's time; it's true in our time.

Comedian Chris Rock, when asked during the last presidential election if he was supporting Barack Obama because he is black, replied that he was supporting Obama because he was the only "one-millionaire" running for office. The other candidates were all multi-millionaires. While Obama probably appears further down the list, Rock's point is well-made.The best Americans can do now is vote for the poorest millionaire.

The Center for Responsive Politics has posted the estimated minimum and maximum possible net worth of every single member of Congress and the Administration (from 2008 data) at their website OpenSecrets.org. Here are the top 25. If you want to be shocked, look only at the "Minimum Net Worth" column. If you want to be appalled, look at the "Maximum Net Worth" column.

And you thought royalty and ruling classes were for other countries, didn't you?

After you pick your jaw up from the floor. Go out and register with a third party and then VOTE that way. Unless, of course, you like living in a third-world country.